Slashnot singled out for praise
Posted by Matthew on Friday July 25, 2003 @10:22AM
from the praise-be-to-pilot dept.
matthew writes: Sent via the form at slashnot.com
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Dear Pilot Pen Company,
I just love your G2-2 07 pens. I love the way they write, I won’t use anything else. I work at a Community College, in a busy office. I have arthritis and carpol tunnel right now. Your pens are the easiest on my hands, plus I just love the way the ink flows. I just had to share that with you. I hope you never quit making them.
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The Slashnot Response
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Dearest Reader,
While we cannot guarantee that any product will be made forever, I can assure you that this product line will outlast you. We appreciate your sincere devotion to this pen, and hope it brings you many more tender moments of writing pleasure.
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When did this site close shop? Nothing new in a month?
Comment by Anonymous Coward — July 25, 2003 @ 5:56 pm
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I was trying to slip a summer vacation in under the radar. New content will be rolling in soon…
Comment by Matthew — July 25, 2003 @ 11:35 pm
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To be fair, I have a few Pilot G2 pens on my desk, and they are actually quite good.
Comment by Michael — July 26, 2003 @ 2:14 pm
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Thanks. I kinda cling to this site's eccentric humor, ever since drzaius.com shut down. Anyone remember drzaius.com?
Comment by Lavahead — July 27, 2003 @ 12:50 am
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Further investigation reveals that the person in question searched on Google for “pilot pen company address” and found this SlashNot story on the top of the list.
How they mistook that for Pilot Pen's site, we'll never know.
Comment by Michael — July 27, 2003 @ 4:12 am
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Um, I guess the Pilot Pen Company either doesn't have an internet presence or has so few fans that Google bypassed it as uninteresting.
OTOH, Pilot pens are probably actually made by Nabisco. Or maybe IBM. Maybe a search on those companies could reveal the true source of Pilot pens.
Comment by Tyson — July 28, 2003 @ 10:30 am
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Searching for “pilot pens” will get you to the right place, we just dominate that particular more specific search…
Comment by Michael — August 3, 2003 @ 3:19 am